Review: Down to Earth (April Series Book 2) by Mackey Chandler

Down to Earth by Mackey Chandler
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

April’s Holiday

This is the second book in a continuing series. Without the first book, you would not understand this book. The narrative ends at a natural break but there is definitely lots more story to tell. There is a related series, ‘Family Law’ that contains the characters from this series much later on and reading that series first didn’t contain too many spoilers for reading this series second. The suggested reading order for both series is listed here.

April is nearly 15 and is definitely coming into her own. She is more confident both physically and mentally. She’s more sure of her abilities and her position in the world. Her friends anchor her and provide her with emotional support and she connects with her grandfather the best out of all her family members. In this book we see more problems with her brother and his drive to be successful at all costs, which isn’t as important to April as it is to Bob.

In the months since USNA surrendered to Home, the station has developed and changed, with new residents and businesses. However when it becomes evident that USNA is preventing people from leaving and coming to Home it is decided that they need reminding that they surrendered and agreed to terms. To prove a point April is sent to Earth ‘on holiday’ to show that someone from Home is allowed to travel freely in the USNA with all her weapons etc. It seems that the USNA doesn’t want to remember she’s entitled to be there.

We met a few new characters in this book, all of which were interesting. Papa-San a retired Japanese spy is fantastic and a complete character. He also provides a lot of really useful support to April on Earth. It’s also fun seeing April out of her usual environment to somewhere she’s a bit of a fish out of water, especially as she is on her own, even if she does have overhead support (thankfully).

This book also left me with an overwhelming urge to visit Hawaii and the Pacific. The descriptions were great and for this Autumned Out Brit, the idea of sunbathing on the deck of a yacht is very appealing!

I think it’s official now, that this series has truly sucked me in. I can’t stop reading. I can’t quantify what is so appealing about it, I just know I enjoy it tremendously and can’t wait to download the next book in the series.

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